The title of this post is self explanatory. Spending thousands of dollars of ratepayers’ money to put a mural on private residential property, which should be maintained by its owners, won’t work. Street art doesn’t discourage taggers because taggers are morons who cannot be reasoned with.…

This new mural in production is on an apartment building on the corner of Argyle and Young streets. It’s been constantly attacked by graffiti for years and has looked like an unloved mess for some time. The City of Yarra is spending $15,000 of ratepayers’ money funding the painting of a mural to cover the facade of the building and thus to hopefully deter future graffiti.…

This recent work, presumably by Ghostpatrol, is on the corner of Young and Argyle streets. The pointilist technique of the main figure is similar to another of his recent paintings on Chapel St. It features characters swimming with whales, sharks and jellyfish and is just gorgeous.…

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